Comment

Comment on The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China.

godless@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I live in China and this software is cancerous not just in the encryption failure, it also nestles into a computer like a trojan. Creates 2 fallback installations and will reinstall itself after removal if you reboot in between, unless you get rid of all 3 installations at once, where they are deliberately trying to obfuscate the uninstall button (triple confirmation, swapping the confirm/cancel buttons and button background colors, etc.).

It’s a nasty piece of crap that come preloaded on any phone (android, at least) and Windows-PC here.

source

Sort:hotnew top

Ultra980@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It’s time to switch to Linux!

source
- dojan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I mean the CCP is aiming to have people use Kylin? If the government and the entire populace starts using Linux instead we’ll just see the same BS on Linux instead. It’s not an OS/platform issue, but an issue of bad actors.
  
  source
  - djsaskdja@endlesstalk.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    On the plus side maybe then it’ll finally be the year of the Linux desktop.
    
    monkeys paw curls
    
    source
- ammonium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Don’t worry, there is also a Linux version.
  
  source
  - Ultra980@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Oof
    
    source
- godless@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Then they’ll install the Linux version. People here are so indoctrinated, they like it.
  
  source
Anamana@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Do people generally try to circumvent it? Are they too scared to uninstall it? Or do they just not care?

source
- godless@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Worse. They think it’s useful.
  
  source
  - Anamana@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Why? Useful for safety and security of the society?
    
    source
    cassetti@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Why do people use Facebook and Instagram? Because they think it's cool and fun to share with friends, regardless what data FB is gathering on them.
    
    source
    -> View More Comments
    godless@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Comes with a built in translator and spell checker, and since access to Google translate is blocked, that’s often the only alternative.
    
    source
    -> View More Comments
    Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Some weird downvotes, and I want to know too. Why does a keyboard app mean anything to anyone? The keyboards included on iOS and latest Android versions are great.
    
    source
    -> View More Comments
- boooooboo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  My guess is that it might either be more accurate in predictions or some additional convenience factors that makes typing this typographic language much easier and faster lol.
  
  Or people are also simply used to it since it’s everywhere.
  
  source
luthis@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Be careful jumping the firewall.

source
- godless@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Sure. Foreigners aren’t really sanctioned though, that’s more of a risk for the locals. But even then usually only if they want to get someone disappeared and don’t have anything substantial against them.
  
  source